AI based chat bots in research

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# AI based chat bots in research
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.subtitle[
## Incorporation of ChatGPT and other LLMs into statistical workflows
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.author[
### Biometrics Team
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.institute[
### Telethon Kids Institute
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.date[
### 2024-05-29
]

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# It's getting hot in here?

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# It's getting hot in here?

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# It's getting hot in here?

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# Who are we?

The **Biometrics Team** (Matt, Bethy, Wes, Zac)

- The Institute's Statistics Team
- Providing statistical support via consultation
  - Study design guidance - protocol/grant/ethics applications support 
  - Analysis capacity - independent/outsourced analysis
  - Many other things related to analysis
- Arrange a chat, about anything!

- biostatistics@telethonkids.org.au

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# Who are we?

Hacky Hour

- Wednesdays - 10am to 11am in the Manda
- Stop by, with any questions (coding, statistical, life advice)

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# Who are we?

Viva Engage

- Ongoing dialogue around statistics in academic research
- Repository for useful analytical resources
- **ALL are welcome** to post!
- General things of interest related to analysis

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# Session Overview

This is an informal session, we do not have all the answers, please asks questions/add your perspective whenever relevant.

*Topics:*

1. Risks and data governance

2. More powerful than you think...

3. Modelling

4. Use and trust levels

5. AI in other aspects of your research

6. Discussion

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# Session Overview

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# Some language

LLM is a term you will may be familiar with. Large Language Model.

This refers to a model trained on a large value of text (generally from a variety of sources) for the **purpose of _generating further text_**, typically in response to user prompts.

Also commonly referred to as AI, or sometimes chat bots.

There are many implementations of these out there (being constantly updated), with more being released daily. OpenAI's ChatGPT may be the most well known.

We'll use chat bot/AI/LLM interchangeably.

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# A show of hands

Who here has...

- Already tried using AI for anything? (e.g. drawing a picture, writing text)

- Tried using AI specifically for generating analysis code?

- Who has a paid subscription to an AI bot?

- Who has thought about it, but didn't know where to start?

- Who has uploaded data into an AI bot?

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# Risks and data governance

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# Risks and data governance

Telethon Kids has an 'AI Policy' in draft - not out for review yet.

**DO NOT** upload your data to an AI bot:
- this is an ethics, governance, and data governance breach

- unless the AI resides solely on the server that your data were approved to reside on (within your study approvals)

- policy catching up to technology (not just at the Institute)

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# Data Anonymiser app

Available now on a TKI (Perth) server, is an app that will:

- accept your dataset (.csv/.xlsx), and

- return a *'similar' but random* dataset, with anonymised column headers.

The returned dataset (.csv) has:

- data that broadly reflects your original data
  - continuous (and date) data within a similar range
  - the same number of categories for categorical data (assuming <15)
  - obscured data for other character variables

- obscured column headers

Your data are destroyed when the app is closed.

_Soon to be added - an R function that will also do this._

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# Data Anonymiser app - preview

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# Data Anonymiser app - preview

[http://tki-hoinf-2403.ichr.uwa.edu.au:3838/shiny_anonymize_app_v2/](http://tki-hoinf-2403.ichr.uwa.edu.au:3838/shiny_anonymize_app_v2/)

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# More powerful than you think

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# Anonymizer app - V1

The first version of the Data Anonymizer app was made *without a single character of code being written by a human*.

[http://tki-hoinf-2403.ichr.uwa.edu.au:3838/shiny_anonymize_app_v1/](http://tki-hoinf-2403.ichr.uwa.edu.au:3838/shiny_anonymize_app_v1/)

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# Anonymizer app - V1

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# Anonymizer app - V1

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